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Lake Lehman’s Hockenbury Wins State Gold

SHIPPENSBURG- Lake-Lehman sophomore Dominic Hockenbury settled into a rhythm in his 3200-meter race. Squeezed in the lead pack after 1600, he made his move and then, poof, he was gone.

Hockenbury ran a personal best time of 9 minutes, 17.18 seconds to win PIAA Track & Field Class AA gold Saturday at Seth Grove Stadium. He became the fifth state champion in Lake-Lehman history and the first since high jumper Brad Diffenbacher in 1997.

“I thought I was actually going to be stuck in the pack for (the first 1600) and then the kid from South Williamsport, (sixth-place medalist) Griffin Molino, I was drafting off him and one of us was going to have to make a move,” Hockenbury said.